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Events and Classes Schedule Updated

The MCIL Events and Classes schedule is updated. The lastest list covers August 2011 through December 2011.

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Independently Speaking Summer 2011

The latest edition of the newsletter is here!

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MCIL Summer Hours

Summer Hours

Effective June 13th

Lobby Hours

Monday-Thursday

9am-3:30pm

Friday 9am-12:30

Office Hours

Monday –Thursday

8am-4:30pm

Friday 8am-12:30

MCIL’s Veteran Mentor Program for Hennepin County Court

One year ago on July 12, 2010 Hennepin County started a specialty court for Veterans. MCIL was asked

to run and train the mentor portion of the program. The mentor program has grown quickly over the course of our first year.

We have trained a total of 50 mentors. Mentors report to Missy Williams

weekly on their goals, and progress with their mentees. The mentees move in and out of phases that are marked by goals that they must achieve. The final goal of the program is to get the mentee at a place where he or she is able to function and support their own mental and emotional growth without

the assistance of a mentor. So far we have successfully phased out 60 mentees. Currently we have 17 active mentors and 17 active mentees. Veteran’s court has grown so much in one year that we now have three probation officers that we work with on their caseloads instead of the one that we started with. Our goal in the next coming year of the program is to get the mentors more involved in the court process by having them speak directly to the court and judge. The mentors are the eyes and ears of the Veterans Court program and are able to let us know about how the mentees are doing on a daily basis. All mentors attend ongoing bi-monthly trainings and support group that meet before trainings.

The mentor program is also about sharing information between mentors, mentees, and all partners. The

mentor program is completely run by volunteer Veterans helping Veterans. Many of our mentors have

gone through years of PTSD, domestic violence issues, CD, and have been sober for many years. The

experience and care they bring to the program is what makes this program a success!

Transition Program

MCIL’s Transition program continues to seek out opportunities to build relationships with youth in the community. This year we have done outreach all over the twin cities in local youth programs.

Instead of waiting for the phone to ring we have placed ourselves in the community. This has given staff the name recognition with youth and teachers; through this we have seen an increase in appointments and IEP meeting invitations.

More importantly several students have made significant strides this year. One in particular is finally ready to get his drivers permit. Obtaining it will allow him to be more independent and further his professional and social opportunities. We applaud his successes and look for many more stories like his in the coming months.

Pictured: an actual post from our online forum. This forum is available on our website 365 days a year. It can be accessed by following this shortlink: http://bit.ly/lQfPpt

Upcoming Events

MAY

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05.21.2013 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Corbett - Mentor training day

MAY

22

05.22.2013 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Corbett- Knitting/ craft group

MAY

23

05.23.2013 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Corbett- MCIL happy hour at Como zoo

MAY

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05.28.2013 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cindy/ Corbett cooking/ social